Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nuclear_reaction

1 sense of nuclear reaction

Sense 1
nuclear reaction -- ((physics) a process that alters the energy or structure or composition of atomic nuclei)
       => natural process, natural action, action, activity -- (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity")